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KEVIN JAMES MAGUIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – January 16, 1968
Service recordKevin James Maguire, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 59
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 59
- DARRELL CLIFFORD LINTPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- FRED WAYNE MAGNUSSONPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID MORELANDMajor · January 16, 1968
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 58
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 60
- HAROLD E STANTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 60
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 61
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.